Every day there is a new prompt and questions to support Aratiatia and Te Mihi students with their writing.

Ohaaki students have alphabet cards in their Home Link Folders. Ask them to write sentences about your day, practice writing theirs and family members names and even have a go at writing a postcard to a family member.

The NZMaths page has a Whanau page with some great ideas using everyday items. You can find this here.

Ensuring that screen time is controlled is important and there are some great ideas to keep students learning - technology free.

Interview a family member.

Measure the area and perimeter of each room in your home.

Graph the types of birds that frequent your yard or windows.

Be completely silent for 60 minutes, then write about the experience.

Write and mail a [real] letter to your teacher or principal or classroom penpal. Address the envelope yourself.

Build a "fable fort" out of blankets and chairs. Camp in it all day while you create stories to tell your family over dinner.

Learn morse code and use it to communicate with your siblings through walls and floors.

Alphabetise the spices in your kitchen.

Call a grandparent or older relative. Ask them to teach you the words to a song from their childhood days.

Using household materials, build a working rain gauge, barometer, and wind vane.

Determine and chart the times that different liquids require to turn solid in the freezer.

Design and build puppets that perform a show about multiplication.

Construct a family tree.

Learn ten new big words. Write them in the condensation on your bathroom mirror.

Draw a map of your home.

Sit silently for 15 minutes while you write down every sound you hear. When you are done, classify the sounds (high/low pitch, high/low volume, manmade v. naturally occurring, etc.).

Create a Venn Diagram that compares and contrasts two people in your family.

Learn, practice, and perform a magic trick.

Learn, practice, and tell three new jokes.

Use household materials to make and play string, percussion, and wind instruments.

Learn to shine a pair of shoes.

Collect leaves from ten different (non-harmful) plants. Sort them by size, colour, and texture.

Put your favourite book, toy, and keepsake on a small table in sunlight. Draw or paint a full colour still life.

Find, pick, and dissect a flower.

If you have stairs, walk up and count them. Walk down and count by twos. Walk up and count by threes. Continue through tens.

Determine the volumes of ten containers, then display them in order on your porch.

Some classes use websites such as SeeSaw, Prodigy, Study Ladder, and Sum Dog in class. Teachers will share these logins with the students to use at home next week.

Importantly, keep any learning activities positive and fun. Chat with your children about what is going on and the changes that are happening. Enjoy spending the time with your children and sharing some of the games, songs, and activities that you remember from school.